Staff & Board

Aaron is a non-profit leader, scholar, and curator, respected internationally for his work in the public humanities, interfaith dialogue, and the arts.  He is Visiting Professor of Sacred Traditions & the Arts at King’s College London, where he taught previously.  He served as Director of the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion in Washington, DC and began his career as a fellow at Yale, Oxford, and Columbia Universities.  He received his PhD, MPhil, and Diploma from the University of Cambridge.

Aaron is the author or editor of a dozen books, including What Would Jesus See?, Art and Religion in the 21st Century, and the world history for young people, Journey through Art, translated into seven languages.  He has provided commentary for various outlets, including the BBC, PBS, CNN, and The Guardian, and is the visual arts editor for Image Journal.  Aaron has curated dozens of contemporary art exhibitions around the world and co-founded the not-for-profit Parsonage Gallery.

Devon earned her PhD in Theology from King’s College London, and her MA from Yale Divinity School. She currently holds a visiting fellowship at King’s. Prior to Clemente, Devon served as interim director of the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion in Washington, DC. A scholar of religion and literature, she has taught on both sides of the Atlantic and presently serves on multiple transatlantic research collaborations in her field. As Clemente’s first-ever research director, Devon oversees the national organization’s research strategy and assists academic directors around the country with grant applications and grant management. She is a certified master gardener, and in her spare time she enjoys volunteering with community agricultural projects that promote food access and sustainable environmental care.

Marina is the inaugural holder of the Clemente Chair in the Humanities and Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Bard College. She was educated in France before receiving a BA and a PhD in comparative literature at Harvard University. She is the author of critically acclaimed books including Monomania, The Plenitude of Distraction, and Éloge des vertus minuscules (Good Enough).  In addition to serving as the National Academic Director for Clemente, Marina also directs the local Clemente course in Kingston, NY.  On Clemente’s behalf, she accepted a National Humanities Medal from President Obama in 2014.  Read her faculty biography here.

Vivé has worked with Clemente since 2017 in outreach, faculty training, and other areas.
For nearly a decade, she also directed the Clemente affiliate program Free Minds in Austin, Texas.  She earned a certificate in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University and create workshops to support patients, caregivers, and clinicians through reading, writing, and storytelling. As a poet and essayist, her work has appeared in the Washington Post, The Sun, River Teeth, and Oxford American.  Visit her personal website here.